Chicken-brooder.



W. O. WITHAM.

CHICKEN BROODER.

APPLIOATION FILED 1,111.5. 1911.

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CHICKEN-BROODER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Application led January 5, 1911. Serial No. 600,918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALLAon O. lVrrrmM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Salem, in the county of Marion and State of Oregon,have invented a new and Improved Chicken-Broeder, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to chicken broeders, and it has for its object toprovide one having a heater', curved in cross section, which permits thechickens to get their backs up against the cloth-covered heater, so thattheir bodies may be warmed in the natural.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for warming theheater, which will use to the best advantage the heat supplied by alamp.

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete specification, in which the preferred form of my inn vent-ionis disclosed.

l In the drawings similar characters of reference denote correspondingparts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showingmy invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the broeder;and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the heater.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a housing member 5 isprovided, having sides 6, an inclined end 7, and a rear wall S, havingan opening 9. A compartment 10 is partitioned off in the housing member5 by members 11 and 12, and in this compartment 10 there is disposed alamp 13, which is introduced through the opening 9 in the rear wall 8.There is an opening 111 in the top or floor 15 of the housing member 5,and on this top portion or floor 15, there are guide strips 16. On thehousing member 5 there is disposed an upper housing member 17, the sidewalls 18 of which are disposed against the outer sides of the guidestrips 16. By this means the upper housing member 17 is held inposition. In the upper housing member 17 there is disposed a heater 19,having a side wall 20, which is rounded outwardly in cross section. Anannular depending flange 21 is secured to the heater 19, this dependingflange resting against the top 15 of the lower housing member 5 whichserves as a floor. There is an opening 22 in the bottom of the heater19, and through this projects a tube 23, having a closure 24, at itsupper terminal. This tube 23 projects below the bottom of the heater 19,and it is spaced from the sides of the opening 22. A depending collar 25is secured to the bottom of the heater 19, around the opening 22, thiscollar 25 being spaced from the tube 23, there being an annular member26, which connects the lower terminal of the tube with the lowerterminal ol the collar 25, to form a water chamber, around the tube 23,which is in communication with the interior of the heater 19. The collar25 projects down in the opening 1111 in the top 15, of the lower housingmember 5, and the chimney 27 of the lamp 13 is disposed below the tube23. There are a plurality of lateral openings 2S in the tube 23, abovethe bottom of theheater 19, hori* Zontal tlues 29 being secured to thetube 23 and having communication with the openings 23 respectively.These horizontal flues 29 are bent to form acute angles 30, the fluesthen extending upwardly and forming terminals 31, which project throughopenings 32 in the top of the heater 19. There is an additional opening33 in the top of the heater, a collar 34 being secured to the top of theheater around the said opening In the top 35 of the upper housing member17, there are openings 36, which are disposed substantially above theterminals 31. The heater 19 is covered with wool or cloth 37. A door 38is hinged to the top of thc housing member 17, this door 38 beingadapted to close an opening in the end of the housing member 17.

In using the invention the heater 19 is filled with water, when the lamp13 is light ed, the heat from the lamp 13 passes up through the tube 23against the closure 24. It will be seen that as the tube 23, with itshead 2l. has a considerable surface exposed to the vater in the heater19, the heat from the lamp 26 will loe used to the best advantage. Theheated air from the tube 23 passes through the flues 29, in which ittends to heat the said lues, serving to raise the temperature of thewater in the heater 19. As the warm air from the terminals 31 passesthrough the openings 36, it will tend to draw with it air from thehousing chamber 17, which will insure a circulation of air.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a chicken broeder a heater having a side wall Curved in crosssection downward and inward, a flange depending from the heater, spacedfrom t-he periphery of the heater, the iiange permitting the Chickens toget their backs up against the side wall of the heater, while preventingthe chickens from walking under the heater in such a manner as to heattheir heads.

2. In a chicken broeder a housing, a heater disposed in the housing andhaving a top with openings and a side wall converging downwardly, asupporting flange depending from the heater, spaced from the verticalplane of the periphery of the heater, the flange permitting the Chickensto get their backs up against the side wall of the heater whilepreventing the Chickens from walking under the heater and therebyheating their heads, a depending annular-water chamber disposedwvithinthe flange and in communication with the heater, the inner wall of saidwater chamber extending upwardly into the heater and having' openings inthe upper port-ion thereof and a Closure for its top, said water chamberdepending below the horizontal plane at the bottom of the flange, andbeing adapted to be disposed in the housing to prevent the lateral disnplacement of the heater, and iues in the heater connected with theopenings in the inner wall of the water chamber, the flues extendingthrough the openings in the top of the heater.

3. In a chicken broeder a housing, a heater disposed in the housing andhaving a top with openings and a side wall, a supporting fiangedepending from the heater, a depending annular chamber disposed withintending through the openings in the top ot' o the heater.

in testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALLACE ORLANDO WITHAM. fitnesses z U. S. MiLLER, W. A. LisToN.

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